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J Breast Cancer. 2017 Mar;20(1):1-11. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2017.20.1.1. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

Basic Facts of Breast Cancer in Korea in 2014: The 10-Year Overall Survival Progress.

Journal of breast cancer

Eun Hwa Park, Sun Young Min, Zisun Kim, Chan Seok Yoon, Kyu-Won Jung, Seok Jin Nam, Se Jeong Oh, Seeyoun Lee, Byeong-Woo Park, Woosung Lim, Min Hee Hur,

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea.
  2. Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  3. Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.
  4. Department of Surgery, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  5. The Korea Central Cancer Registry, Division of Cancer Registration and Surveillance, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
  6. Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  7. Department of Surgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
  8. Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
  9. Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  10. Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  11. Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.

PMID: 28382089 PMCID: PMC5378568 DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2017.20.1.1

Abstract

We, the Korean Breast Cancer Society (KBCS), present the facts and the trends of breast cancer in Korea in 2014. Data on the total number of newly diagnosed patients was obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry database, other data were collected from the KBCS online registry database, and the overall survival data of patients were updated from Statistics Korea. A total of 21,484 female patients were newly diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. The crude incidence rate and the age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) of breast cancer in female patients, including carcinoma

Keywords: Breast neoplasms; Korea; Online systems; Overall survival; Registries

Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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